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2020 AUBURN FOOTBALL AUBURN ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS: 392 SOUTH DONAHUE DRIVE || AUBURN, AL 36830 || AUBURNTIGERS.COM || @AUBURNTIGERS 2020 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 4-2, 4-2 SEC TENNESSEE Nov. 21, 2020 • 6:00 p.m. CT • ESPN VS. DATE OPPONENT 7 Auburn, Ala. • Jordan-Hare Stadium Sept. 26 #23 KENTUCKY* W, 29-13 SECN Oct. 3 at #4 Georgia* L, 27-6 ESPN Site .....................Jordan-Hare Stadium (87,451) Rankings.................. 23 AP/21 USA Today Oct. 10 ARKANSAS* W, 30-28 ESPN TV ............................................................. ESPN 2020 Record .......................4-2, 4-2 (SEC) Oct. 17 at South Carolina * L, 30-22 ESPN Radio ........................... Auburn Sports Network Head Coach .......................... Gus Malzahn Oct. 24 at Ole Miss* W, 35-28 SECN AUBURN Live Stats..............................AuburnTigers.com Record at AU (Yrs.) .................66-33 (8th) Oct. 31 LSU* W, 48-11 CBS Twitter ...................................@AuburnFootball Nov. 14 at Mississippi St* postponed Rankings........................... RV USA Today Series Record .................. Auburn leads 28-22-3 Nov. 21 TENNESSEE* ESPN 6 pm 2020 Record ...................... 2-4, 2-4 (SEC) In Auburn ............................. Auburn leads 7-3-1 Head Coach ......................... Jeremy Pruitt Nov. 28 at #1 Alabama TBA TBA Last Result .....Tennessee 30, Auburn 24 (2018) Dec. 5 #5 TEXAS A&M* TBA TBA TENNESSEE Record at UT (Yrs.)...................15-16 (3rd) Dec. 12 at Mississippi St* TBA TBA FOOTBALL HOSTS TENNESSEE FOR HOMECOMING All times Central - home games in CAPS - *SEC game ›› No. 23 Auburn hosts Tennessee on Saturday, November 21, for an SEC game at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn; the 6:00 p.m. CT contest will be televised by ESPN. It’s Homecoming and also Military Appreciation Day at Auburn. Auburn is the only SEC TV: ESPN institution to allocate the majority of its limited capacity (17,490) tickets to students. Auburn’s ›› Play-by-Play .................................. Joe Tessitore all-time Homecoming record is 81-8-4; the Tigers have won their last 28 Homecoming games. ›› Analyst...........................................Greg McElroy Homecoming candidates: Madison Birckhead (Human Development & Family Science/ ›› Sideline Reporter .............................Holly Rowe Charlottesville, VA); Alicia Peralta (Nursing/Opelika, AL); Barrett Ramsey (Management/Alpharetta, ›› Online: WatchESPN GA); Brooks Triplett (Human Development & Family Science/Savannah, GA); Kelsey Wynne (Architecture/Dallas, TX). It will be Gus Malzahn’s 100th game as Auburn head coach. His first game was a 31-24 win over RADIO: AUBURN SPORTS NETWORK Washington State at Jordan-Hare Stadium in 2013. During the Gus Malzahn era, Auburn is 9-1 after ›› Play-by-Play .............................. Andy Burcham an open date during the regular season (8-1 in SEC games, 4-1 at home). ›› Analyst.............................................Stan White ›› Sideline ........................................Ronnie Brown SERIES HISTORY ›› Locker Room ....................................... Brad Law ›› The Tigers hold a 28-22-3 lead in the all-time series, and lead 7-3-1 in all games played at ›› Studio Host ........................................ Paul Ellen Auburn. The Tigers have won six of the last seven games in the series, although UT was a 30-24 ›› Local ...........................................WTGZ 93.9 FM winner in 2018 in Auburn in the teams’ most recent meeting. Auburn leads 11-5 in neutral site games ›› Satellite .............................................Sirius/XM ›› Online: ............ AuburnTigers.com | TuneIn App and Tennessee has a 14-10-2 advantage in all games played in Knoxville. ›› Auburn and Tennessee played every year from 1956-91, but didn’t play from 1991 until the 1997 SOCIAL: #WAREAGLE SEC championship game because of league expansion and the rotating opponents’ setup. The two ›› Official Twitter ....................... @AuburnFootball played in 1998-99 and 2003-04 before rotating off each other’s schedule until 2008-09. From 1956-91, every meeting except 1968 was on the last Saturday of September. The two schools dominated the SEC in the mid-to-late ‘80s. In six of the eight seasons from 1983-90, either AUBURN ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Auburn (1983-87-88-89) or Tennessee (1985-89-90) claimed an SEC championship. KIRK SAMPSON .................................... Associate AD KICKOFF COVERAGE ...........................................................kirk@auburn.edu SHELLY POE ..............Assistant AD/Primary Contact ›› The Auburn defense is the only defense ›› Auburn is the only SEC team to rush for 200 ....................................................slp0019@auburn.edu in the SEC that has not given up more than 30 yards in four straight games this season CODY VOGA ....................................Assistant Director points in a game this season .....................................................cjv0011@auburn.edu ›› True freshman Tank Bigsby is third in the KENDRA WILLARD .......................Assistant Director ›› Derick Hall was the SEC defensive lineman SEC in all-purpose average (148.83/gm) and has of the week for his play against LSU, with four accounted for almost a third (11-36) of Auburn’s ................................................... [email protected] tackles, two sacks and a forced fumble plays of 20+ yards this season (8 KOR, 3 rush). TODD VAN EMST .................................. Photographer Seth Williams has 11 receptions of 20+ yards as ...................................................vanemtj@auburn.edu ›› Colby Wooden leads the SEC with 7.0 TFL well this season this season; Wooden has recorded at least 0.5 Web .................................................AuburnTigers.com TFL in every game. As a team, Auburn is fifth in ›› Bigsby, whose 503 rushing yards is Twitter ............................................@Auburn Football the SEC with 36.0 TFL fourth among all FBS freshmen, was the first Office Phone ..................................... (334) 844-9800 Auburn freshman to rush for 100 yards in three ›› Zakoby McClain is fifth in the SEC with 62 consecutive games; previously only Bo Jackson total tackles; fellow linebacker Owen Pappoe (1982) and Michael Dyer (2010) rushed for three ranks ninth with 53 stops 100-yard games against SEC opposition as Auburn freshmen ›› Bo Nix’s 91-yard TD pass to Anthony Schwartz vs. LSU is tied for the longest pass ›› The postponement of Auburn-Mississippi play in the SEC and the third-longest in the FBS State was the first postponement for the Tigers this season since 2001 following the events of 9/11, when the LSU game scheduled for September 15 was moved to the end of the season 2020 AUBURN FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS: 1957, 2010 vs. #23 Kentucky Bo Nix 233 yds passing, Seth Williams 112 yds receiving, 2 TD Sept. 26 receptions ... Eli Stove TD catch, D.J. Williams TD run ... Roger Auburn, AL McCreary INT ... fumble recoveries by Jamien Sherwood, Owen W, 29-13 Pappoe ... leading tacklers K,J, Britt (11), Smoke Monday (10), Pap- SECN poe (8), Zakoby McClain (8) ... mostly student crowd of 17,490 at #4 Georgia 125th meeting in the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry ... Tank Bigsby Oct. 3 leading rusher (31 yds), receiver (68 yds) and returner (72 KOR yds) Athens, GA in his first start ... four double-figure tacklers: Jamien Sherwood L, 27-6 (14), Jordyn Peters (13), K.J. Britt (12), Zakoby McClain (11) ... 13th ESPN AP Top 10 matchup of Gus Malzahn’s tenure vs. Arkansas 39-yard Anders Carlson field goal with 0:07 remaining is the Oct. 10 gamewinner ... Carlson 12 pts scored (3 FG, 3 PAT) ... Barton Auburn, AL Lester TD on recovery of punt blocked by Jordyn Peters ... Tank W, 30-28 Bigsby 146 yards rushing ... Anthony Schwartz 100 yards receiving STUDENT-ATHLETE EXPERIENCE: ACADEMICS ESPN ... Zakoby McClain (13), Owen Pappoe (10) leading tacklers at South Carolina First trip to Columbia since 2011 ... Tank Bigsby 111 yds rushing, THE GRADUATES Oct. 17 TD ... Eli Stove 7 receptions, 60 yds, 1 TD ... Anthony Schwartz ›› Eleven players on the 2020 Auburn roster have already Columbia, SC 6 catches, 59 yds ... Seth Williams 4 catches, 74 yds ... Bo Nix received bachelor’s degrees: L, 30-22 24-47, 272 yds passing with 1 TD, 3 INT ... Owen Pappoe INT, 10 tackles; Zakoby McClain sack, 13 tackles ... Anders Carlson 3 FG ESPN • Malcolm Askew at Ole Miss Gamewinning score 58-yard TD pass from Bo Nix to Seth Williams • Brandon Council (Akron) Oct. 24 with 1:14 left ... Williams 150 rec yds on 8 catches; Nix 23-30, 238 • Devin Guice Oxford, MS yds ... Tank Bigsby 129 rush yds, 2 TD ... Nix, Shaun Shivers rush • Brodarious Hamm W, 35-28 TD ... INT by Roger McCreary, Jordyn Peters ... Owen Pappoe (14), • Trent Kelley SECN Smoke Monday (12), Jamien Sherwood (11) top tacklers • Grant Loy (Bowling Green) vs. LSU Largest margin of victory in series history (+37) ... 506 total • Caylin Newton (Howard) Oct. 31 offense yds ... Bo Nix 18-24, 300 pass yds, 3 TD; 91-yd TD pass to • Prince Micheal Sammons Auburn, AL Anthony Schwartz (4 rec, 123 yds) ... TD runs: Tank Bigsby (2), Nix • Clarke Smith W, 48-11 ... TD catches: Eli Stove, Ze’Vian Capers ... Christian Tutt 20-yd • Eli Stove CBS fumble return TD ... Nehemiah Pritchett, Big Kat Bryant INTs • Chandler Wooten at Mississippi St. Nov. 14 SEC HONOR ROLL Starkville, MS Game postponed due to Covid ... ›› There were 31 Auburn representatives on the SEC Ac- 3:00 p.m. ademic Honor Roll for the 2019 season, including current SECN team members